Package and means for making the package



Oct. 8 i929. c. FIELD PACKAGE AND MEANS FOR MAKING THE- PACKAGE OriginalFiled Oct. '7, 1927 l NVENTOR [Fie/ M ATTORNEY 35 ['rary Patented Oct.8, 1329 PATENT OFFICE CROSBY FIELD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK PACKAGE ANDMEANS FOR MAKING THE PACKAGE Original application filed October 7, 1927,Serial No. 224,541.

The present invention relates to a package and means for making thepackage, particularly adapted for handling ice, and is a division of mprior application, Serial No.

224,541,11ed amber 7,1927. I

In that application, I have described an article in the form of apackage for supplying ice to the consumer for use in the ice box, theice comprising flake ice or crystals which are carried, housed andprotectedby the covering of the article or package, and which may beeasily and quickly removed with a spoon or other form of clipper for useas desired,

An object of this invention is to provide an ice package which isenclosed in a simple and novel wrapper or covering, whichprotects theice, but gives ready access thereto.

With the foregoing and other objects in -view, the invention will bemore fully de scribed hereinafter, and will be particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package according to the invention,and

Figure 2 is a perspective view in section, taken substantially on theline 2 2 of Figure 1, and showing the closure partly raised from thearticle. y

The article comprises a body 15 of ice which is of the required size andshape. The body 15 may be constructed in any suitable manner, such as bythe ordinary freezing of water in containers or the like, or the body 15may be formed ofiiake ice mixed with water in a sutlicient quantity tolill into the interstices between the flakes, so as to provide asubstantially homogeneous mass throughout the whole or a part of thebody 15. The frozen body 15 of ice is enclosed in a jacket or wrapper ofsuitable material which is'substantially impervious to moisture, andwhich may act -to some extent as a heat non-conductor so as to preservethe body 15 efliciently duringV Divided and this application ledSeptember Serial No. 307,081.

therein which is closed at its ends, extends lengthwise of the articleand into which may be placed flake ice 22 packed therein with more orless pressure. The cavity 21 Opens through the top of the body 15 sothat when the jacket is opened at the top the Hake ice may bewithdrawnas desired.

This hollow body 15 may be made according to two different methods; theiirst being the taking of flake ice with water, or crushed ice and waterand placing them in an ice can and freezing the mixture inwardly fromthc sides and bottom for a suiiicient length of time to forni a bottomand Walls of the desired thickness, and with the cavity 21 in the body15 of the desired depth and opening through the top of the article.vThis freezing of the mixture holds the body 15 in the desired shape andthe thickness of the bottom and walls must be made suiliciently tocompensate forl melting in storage and use.

The interior of the body 15 is then drained oli', and the cavity 21 isthen filled with flaked ice or crushed ice. The filled frozen body isthen placed in the wrapper or jacket and placed in a cooler for a shorttime at a temperature of approximately from twenty to twenty-livedegrees F. The article is`now ready for delivery to the consumer. Thesecond method of producing the article comprises the taking of Hake orcrushed ice and compressing it in a suitable press, according to thesize of the article to be produced, the press having a die vand plungershaped to provide a body of the desired size and a cavity'thereincommensurate with the size of the body. The cavity 21 thus formed in thebody 15 is filled with flake ice or crushed ice. The body with itscontents is then wrapped in the water-proof jacket or covering andtreated as described in the first set forth method.

`Thefro'zen body or ice cake 15 with its cavity 21 and iilling of flakeor crushed ice 22, is enclosed in a jacket or wrapper 38 of corrugatedor cellular board to more effectively seal the container and prevent thesame from damage incident to handling. Here the wrapper or jacket 38 isprovided with a removable closure section 39 which is fitted in a slotor opening 40 provided in the top of the Wrapper 38 in register with thecavity 21. Ihe removable section 39 may have a handle 4l aiiXed theretoin any suitable manner, so that the cover 39 may be removed and replacedto maintain the package closed and at the same time permit the casualremoval of the lake'd or crushed ice from the cavity .21. The cover canbe secured, if desired, to

the jacket 38 in any suitable fashion.

It Will thus be noted that the body or cake of the article is formed ofice shaped to the configuration of a block of standard size With acavity therein in Which loose ice, in iake or crushed form may beconveniently carried and protected and maintained in proper conditionfor use by the consumer.

The cover, Wrapper or jacket which encloses the block With its lling maybe Wholly or only partly removed from the block When the latter isplaced in an ice box 'or chest so as to cool the compartment and admitaccess to the loose ice.

The construction is such as to admit of various modifications in theshape, size and formation of the surfaces and iues to facilitate accessof air to the ice, so that the ice boX may be rapidly cooled andeiiectively maintained at a low temperature.

I have illustrated and 4described a preferred and satisfactoryembodiment of'my invention, but it is obvious that changes may be madetherein Within the spirit and scope thereof as defined in the appendedclaims.

l. A package of ice comprising a frozen body having a cavity thereinopening through the top of the body, a mass of flake ice packed in saidcavity, a protecting jacket of cellular board enclosing said body, saidjacket having a removable closure section in its top in regthe top ofthe body, flake' ice in said cavity and a protecting acket enclosingsaid body, said jacket having a removable closure section in its top toregister With said cavity, andl a handle on said closure section toremove 3. A package of ice comprising a frozen lbody having acavityjzherein opening through the top of the body, flake ice packed insaid cavity, a protecting jacket enclosing said body, said jacket havingan opening in its top to register with said cavity, and a removableclosure section to be received in said opening.

el.. Al package of ice comprising a hollow ice block, the cavity ofwhich opens through one face of the block, a waterproof Wrapper l Aenveloping the block and including a portion of'said Wrapper separablefrom the Wrapper

